AY Honor Space Exploration Requirements
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Space Exploration
Skill Level
Unknown
Year
2006
Version
22.12.2024
Approval authority
Florida Conference
1. Know and discuss who each of these people were and their contribution to space exploration:
- a. Robert H. Goddard
- b. Hermann Oberth
- c. Wernher Von Braun
- d. Galileo Galilei
- e. Neil Armstrong
- f. Sally K. Ride
- g. John Glenn
- h. Yuri Gagarin
- i. Laika
- j. Sam
- k. Valentina Tereshkova
- l. Alan Shepard
2. Explain what these acronyms stand for:
- a. NASA
- b. VAB
- c. EVA
- d. STS
- e. EMU
- f. MMU
3. Describe each of these space programs:
- a. Mercury
- b. Gemini
- c. Apollo
- d. Skylab
- e. Space Shuttle
- f. Apollo-Soyuz
4. What was Sputnik?
5. The Apollo 8 astronauts were in lunar orbit on Christmas day, 1968. They each read from a book and their readings were broadcast back to Earth. What was the name of the book?
6. Earn the Star Honor.
